1878 Collection (page 17)

Henry Vincent / Whitlock
HENRY VINCENT Radical politician

Upton Sinclair / Lon Mag
UPTON BEALL SINCLAIR American writer and social reformer

Angelo Secchi / Rome Uni
PIETRO ANGELO SECCHI Italian astronomer and Jesuit priest

George Gilbert Scott / Iln
SIR GEORGE GILBERT SCOTT English architect

Scarborough / Caldecott
Scarborough, Yorkshire: the Spa Terrace is full of people at the height of the Season

Orange Orchard, Florida
An orange orchard in Florida

Sir William Orpen
SIR WILLIAM NEWENHAM MONTAGUE ORPEN Irish artist, notably during World War One, when he painted the Peace Conference

1st Earl of Lytton
EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON 1ST EARL OF LYTTON Viceroy of India (1875-80), failed to avert Second Afghan War (1878)

Afghanistan / 1878 / Jumrood
The camp of the British Mission to Kabul, at Jumrood, near the Khyber Pass. The Mission was turned back by the Afghan Emir Sher Ali

Khyber Pass / 1878
The fort of Ali Musjid where, in 1878 a British Mission to Kabul was turned back by order of the Emir of that city, Sher Ali

Doll Breakers
Doll breaker!

Electric Light Comes
Coming events cast their shadows before - and none more so than the electric light, which promises to make all other forms of illumination obsolete

Masquerade / Spain 1878
A masquerade, Spain

LA Belle Jardiniere 1878
A cross-section of La Belle Jardiniere, Paris

Childs Bank, London
The interior of Childs Bank, Fleet Street, London

Actress and Agent
An actress with her agent

Dancer and Devotees
A dancer entertains three devotees of her art, in her dressing room

Actress and Friends
Four gentlemen are entertained by an actress in her dressing room

Actress and an Admirer
An actress receives an admirer in her dressing room

Dancer and Admirers
A dancer looks at the audience, while two men have eyes only for her

Pink & Blue Dress 1878
Grey-blue dress with V neck, central panel ornamented with horizontal straps, the sleeves & upper bodice with tassels & a white chemise with stand up collar with a ruffle edge

Pink & Black Dress 1878
Pink princess dress: jacket bodice ornamented with black embroidery, cuffs & hem bordered in black with buttons. A black vandyked band applied to the skirt

Dinner Party Guests 1878
Dinner guests sit at table before the meal; the old fellow in the middle seems to be hard of hearing

Peace / Turks & Russians
Russians & Turks agree peace at San Stefano

Castel Helicopter 1878
The compressed-air project of French engineer P Castel

Spanish Women 1878
Two Spanish women on a balcony Date: 1878

RITCHELLs DEVICE 1878
RITCHELLs FLYING MACHINE : the inventor demonstrates his neat device at Hartford, Connecticut, though I doubt if he flew as high as this !

Schliemanns Excavations
The so-called Scaean Gate and Palace of Priam, Hissarlik. Schliemanns rather fanciful interpretations of his findings at the site of Troy

Baseball 1878
A batter prepares to face a pitch during a game of baseball

Anna Sewell / Beer
ANNA SEWELL the author of Black Beauty

Cruikshank / Maull / Cdv
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK artist and temperance advocate

Isadora Duncan / Robe
ISADORA DUNCAN American dancer in a long robe

Austrians Take Sarajevo
The Austro-Hungarian colours are raised over a fort outside Sarajevo, as the Turks are forced to abandon the city

Sarajevo, Street Fight
Bitter fighting in the streets of Sarajevo between Bosnian rebels and the Turkish government forces

GIFFARDs BALLOON 1878
Giffards captive balloon at the Paris Exposition

Village in Tyrol
Waldbruck, a village in the Tyrol

Mistake in the Books
A mistake in the books in a Victorian office

Building on Rubbish
Terrace of the future on refuse of the past : building on rubbish dumps

Female Types / Not Dressed
- Still undressed at this time of day? - Oh, I ve had nothing but visitors all morning!

Female Type / Good Legs
Attractive woman dressing, and admiring her own legs

Scarborough - Sketching
Sketching on the sands at Scarborough, Yorkshire

Scarborough Bathing 1878
Bathing from machines at Scarborough, Yorkshire : a bathing-woman takes charge of a small child

Scarborough - the Spa
Holidaymakers at The Spa, Scarborough, Yorkshire

Spanish Girls on Beach
Two Spanish girls prepare to go bathing, while others jog along the waters edge

Children in Nursery 1878
Two children in the nursery: baby is having a ride in a wicker pushchair

Here Stands a Post
An armour-clad Britannia with a large union flag

Social / Austria 1878
A busy street scene near the Opera House in Vienna

Hand-Drawn Engine / 1878
A hand-drawn chemical fire engine employed for fire extinction about 1878. The chemicals were held in copper cylinders mounted at the front of the vehicle

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